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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Daniel O'loughlin, Aptos, CA (US);
Keelan Smith, Toronto, CA;
Jay Scott Fuller, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Joseph Ku, San Jose, CA (US);
William Lattin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Marinus Struik, Toronto, CA;
Yuri Poeluev, Waterloo, CA;
Matthew J. Campagna, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Thomas Stiemerling, Toronto, CA;
Daniel O'Loughlin, Aptos, CA (US);
Keelan Smith, Toronto, CA;
Jay Scott Fuller, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Joseph Ku, San Jose, CA (US);
William Lattin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Marinus Struik, Toronto, CA;
Yuri Poeluev, Waterloo, CA;
Matthew J. Campagna, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Thomas Stiemerling, Toronto, CA;
Certicom Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An asset management system is provided, which includes a hardware module operating as an asset control core. The asset control core generally includes a small hardware core embedded in a target system on chip that establishes a hardware-based point of trust on the silicon die. The asset control core can be used as a root of trust on a consumer device by having features that make it difficult to tamper with. The asset control core is able to generate a unique identifier for one device and participate in the tracking and provisioning of the device through a secure communication channel with an appliance. The appliance generally includes a secure module that caches and distributes provisioning data to one of many agents that connect to the asset control core, e.g. on a manufacturing line or in an after-market programming session.